Executive Director, Health & Social Sciences Center

The University of Chicago; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

The University of Chicago Center for Health and the Social Sciences (CHeSS) seeks an experienced administrator to serve as executive director. The role reports to the Faculty Director, guiding four functional areas: grants/administration, the Methods Core, training and communications, and research programs.

It involves leadership of managers, staff, and cross‑division collaborations. Responsibilities include strategic oversight, hiring, financial and IT planning, teaching, and expanding

Qualifications

• Masters in public policy, health services research, or a related field.
• Experience in health services research or university administration.
• Content and analytic expertise in health services research, health policy, health outcomes.
• Collaborating on NIH funded projects.
• Managing a recharge center.

Responsibilities

• Leads all areas of CHeSS, including meeting all organizational programmatic, fiduciary and reporting responsibilities.
• Represents the Center divisionally and within the University.
• Oversees all hiring and appointments, management of financial, IT, strategic and other planning to accomplish overall entity goals.
• Leads CHeSS Methods Core, including hiring and training of staff and negotiating of Methods Core contracts.
• Teaches content in educational programs.
• Conceives and builds new content, training and programmatic areas for CHeSS; develops new partnerships, and expands specialties as relevant.
• Builds an effective team of leaders.
• Manages employees by establishing annual performance goals, allocating resources, assessing annual performance, and determining individual merit, incentive and/or promotional increases.
• Manages the dissemination, interpretation and application of program policies and recommends or makes exceptions.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Mentorship

Team building

Project management

Education

Masters in public policy or health services research

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Contracts management

Finance systems

Job description

The University of Chicago Center for Health and the Social Sciences (CHeSS) seeks an experienced administrator to serve as executive director. The role reports to the Faculty Director, guiding four functional areas: grants/administration, the Methods Core, training and communications, and research programs.

It involves leadership of managers, staff, and cross‑division collaborations. Responsibilities include strategic oversight, hiring, financial and IT planning, teaching, and expanding